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[AMPS] B&W 850A turret coil assy

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Subject: [AMPS] B&W 850A turret coil assy
From: nx7u@primenet.com (Scott Townley)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:30:25
Greetings all--
I have a couple of installed B&W 850A turret coil assy's in some homebrew
amps I'm resurrecting.  One in use with 2x3-500Z, one with a 4CX1000A.

I have limited (in fact, nearly none) docs on the B&W 850A.  The only
documentation I have, an old Radiokit catalog, states it so:

2000-4000 VDC
2500-5000 ohms (plate impedance)

80m     L=13.6uH        C=150pF to resonate 
40m     L=6.5uH         C=80pF to resonate
20m     L=1.75uH        C=70pF to resonate
15m     L=1.0uH         C=55pF to resonate
10m     L=0.8uH         C=50pF to resonate

THE QUESTION:
80m and 40m look about right from the perspective of:  (1) calculating
values for a plate resistance of around 2500 ohms; which is close to both
the 2x3-500Z and 4CX1000A plate impedances at my operating conditions; and
(2) relative scaling (i.e., 40m is half the value of 80m).  10m kinda looks
ok from just a raw calculation, but doesn't seem to scale well.
BUT 20m and 15m just look whacked.  The 20m and 15m calculations puts
loaded Q around 16 or so, which seems unreasonably high.

Can someone supply either or both of the following:
1. B&W 850A specs, in the event they were misprinted in my Radiokit catalog.
2. Any explaination of where I turned stupid, or perhaps where it's
generally known to the community that B&W turned stupid.

Many thanks in advance for eliminating at least my own ignorance!



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Scott Townley           
Gilbert, AZ
nx7u@primenet.com


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